Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) on March 27 announced that it will explore opportunities to support the climate-neutral transformation of industry through the creation of a low-carbon ammonia value chain with state government and industry representatives in Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia.
The announcement was made following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of North Rhine-Westphalia, ADNOC, and Currenta GmbH & Co. OHG (Currenta), a chemical industry services provider that manages and operates one of the largest chemical sites in Europe, Chempark, with locations in Leverkusen, Dormargen, and Krefeld-Uerdingen, in North Rhine-Westphalia.
The primary focus of the agreement will be the production and transportation of low-carbon ammonia and its application as a fuel in energy generation, including industrial-scale testing at Currenta’s site in Dormagen, Germany.
ADNOC has already invested in low-carbon ammonia, where the carbon dioxide emitted during production is captured and stored underground. In May 2021, the company announced a 1 million mt/y low-carbon ammonia production facility at the TA’ZIZ industrial ecosystem and chemicals hub in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi (GM May 28, 2021).
The company has significantly expanded its strategic energy partnerships across the hydrogen value chain and has shipped demonstration cargoes of low-carbon ammonia to customers in Asia and also to Germany as part of the UAE-Germany Energy Security and Industry Accelerator (ESIA) Agreement.